“I was still 15 and so you drove me the 30 minutes there, stayed in the car doing your nursing school homework during the 3-hour rehearsal, and then drove us the 30 minutes home. Every single day.”
‘You have always been my loudest cheerleader. I never knew…but now, I know. You are not just my mom, you are my truest friend.’: Woman pens touching Mother’s Day tribute, ‘You taught me how to be a mother’
‘Didn’t think prom would be breaking it down in the cheese isle of festival foods with my father, but it was a good time.’: Father treats daughter to fun night after missed prom, ‘We can’t make up for their losses, but we can love them through it’
“It should have been her prom. But instead, she is in the car with her father, taking her first trip outside these walls since March. A ride to the store is a treat that brought tears to her eyes tonight.”
‘I will not be there for the moment I become an aunt. Today, I’ll wait. I’ll pray. I’ll count the seconds until my sister calls and says, ‘Meet your nephew.’: Aunt-to-be says ‘my love cannot be quarantined’
“I will not be there for the priceless moment my sister becomes a mother. But a piece of me is with her in that car, headed to the hospital. A piece of me that cannot be hidden, or quarantined, or kept out. It’s a sister’s love.”
‘I am a black man who jogs.’: Man urges for compassion in wake of Ahmaud Arbery’s death
“My wife won’t let me out of the house unless I wear enough colorful and ‘innocent’ clothing so as not to appear threatening. I am a good person! But none of this matters, because I am still a black man who jogs.”
To The Dad Who Gracefully Answered Questions About My Disability
“I was rolling around the block when a little boy saw me and fell off his bike. He couldn’t take his eyes off me.”
‘You loved me when I was unlovable. You served when no one else was watching and put our lives before your own. ‘Thank you’ will never be enough.’: Woman pens touching ode to mother
“You were at all my sports events, milestones, graduations, and made sure all my friends were fed. You prayed hard during my rebellious teen years – even when I didn’t know it. You chose to love when it was hard and messy. Your investment in my life was no small thing. In fact, it was everything.”
‘You didn’t choose to be separated from your mommy and lay to wait for a stranger to pick you up, but we, your nurses, will choose you.’: Mom pens appreciation letter to fellow nurses
“We will choose to not just complete our required tasks, but to take every free moment to hold you close. We will choose to pray over your life, for safety and protection wherever you may go. It is our joy to choose you.”
‘I saw an elderly man with his walker at the corner. ‘I’m trying to get to the 99-cent store 1.5 miles away.’ His wife needed some chocolate bars.’: Man shares act of kindness for 93-year-old man
“My wife is 94. Her name is Doris.’ ‘Does she know you’re gone?’ ‘Nope, she probably hasn’t even started looking for me yet.’ I decided to spring into action. I put on my trusty blue gloves and mask, gave him some hand sanitizer, and off we went.”
‘I compared everyone after him to him. That night I whispered, ‘Still feels the same, doesn’t it?’ He nodded his head up and down.’: Woman says ‘he outweighs it all’
“See, I didn’t meet him. He’s the only one I ever want to go through this life with. We may not have forever, but even if we had just one more moment under that sky, I will have won every gamble I’ve ever made.”
How I Used Heartbreak To Utterly Transform My Physical And Mental Health
“I was 26 years old; I was married, and I had found out my husband had cheated on me. We had been together for seven years, married for two, and were in the process of trying for a baby. My whole life completely turned upside down. But because of this experience, it has helped me shape into the person I am today.”